Sash-cord guide.



Patented Nov. I2, I901.

No. 686,5l3;

R. M. ELLIOTT.

SASH CORD GUIDE.

(Application filed May 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT M. ELLIOTT, on HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

SASH-CORD GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,513, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed May 6, 1901.

To all whom it ma concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT M ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Cord Guides, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sash-cord guides, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby the use of pulleys is entirely dispensed with.

The present invention consists in a tubing formed of porcelain or other material, this tubing being formed in two sections which are adapted to neatly fit together and when placed in proper position form a perfect joint.

The invention further consists in constructing the guide in such a manner that it can be formed easily at a comparatively small cost.

The invention also aims to construct a de vice of the above-described character formed in two pieces that may be removed when desired in order to clean the tubing or substitute a new sash-cord when it becomes necessary.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,- and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a window, sash, and frame with my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of my improved guide. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper section of the guide. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lower section of the guide. Fig. 6 is an end view thereof. Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a bracket arranged below the guide.

Serial No 58,968. (No model.)

In the drawings the referencenumeral 1 indicates the window-sash.

2 indicates the window-frame, and 3 indicates the sash-cord,carrying at its free end the sash-weight 4.

The reference-numeral 5 represents the lower half of the guide, having formed therein a semicircular raised portion 6 and curved deflecting-walls 7.

The reference-numeral 8 indicates the upper section of the guide, having a semicircular opening 9 formed therein which registers with the semicircular opening 10, formed in the upper portion of the lower section. The upper section of the guide also carries a lower engaging face 11, which extends at an angle and forms practically a wedge-shaped side, this lower face of the upper section being adapted to correspond with the upper beveled face 12 of the lower section. The connection thus formed will not only have advantages in the manufacture of the device, but will also aid to wedge the guide into the opening formed in the side of the window-frame in which the guide is seated. The outer end of the guide is further supported in proper position by a bracket 14, having a beveled face 15 and openings 16 to receive fastening means 17, such as nails, screws, or the like. The engaging face 18 of the bracket, forming the connection between the bracket and the guide, is also semicircular in form to conform to the outer contour of the guide. The beveled face 15 of the bracket prevents the sashcord from engaging the side, and by this construction a free and easy movement of the cord is obtained and the friction between the cord and guide reduced.

The guide and bracket are preferably manufactured of porcelain or like material, the interior of the guide being preferably glazed in order to produce a perfectly-smooth surface upon which the cord travels.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improvement will be readily apparent from the foregoing description,'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction'without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sash-cord guide consisting of two sections, upper and lower tapering engaging faces formed on the said sections, a substantially semicircular raised portion in one of said secmo tions, the said sections adapted to be wedged into engagement with the window-frame, and a bracket secured to the window-frame and engaging one of the said sections, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature :5

in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT M. ELLIOTT. Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER. 

